Public Meeting on October 2nd Will Review
Study of Miller and Walker Creek Basins Planning for Miller and Walker Creeks, both heavily impacted by Sea-Tac Airport, will come into public scrutiny at a meeting on Thursday, October 2nd. more...

Ecology Issues Renewed Water Pollution
Permit to Sea-Tac with Tougher Conditions, But Appeals Likely
On September 4th, the Department of Ecology issued a long-delayed renewal of the basic water pollution permit for Sea-Tac Airport, significantly tightening the conditions that the Airport must follow, but still deficient in critical areas. more...

ACC Asks Judge To Reconsider
Wetlands Permit Ruling
The Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) has filed a motion in U.S. District Court, asking for reconsideration of the order recently issued by Judge Barbara Rothstein, in which she dismissed the Coalition's challenge of the wetlands-filling permit issued by the Corps of Engineers for the third-runway project. more...

County Executive in Secret Negotiations
To Sell Boeing Field to Port of Seattle
The King County Executive is seriously considering sale of Boeing Field to the Port of Seattle, according to reliable sources & County documents made available to Truth in Aviation. County & Port staff have been negotiating for the last several months. more...

Contaminated Sludge Won't
Move from Seattle to Tacoma
King County will not move PCB-contaminated sludge from a Superfund clean-up site on Seattle's Duwamish waterway to Tacoma's Commencement Bay, after all. more...

What's Up With This?
Port of Seattle Plans To Insulate 98 Burien and Des Moines Homes Against Third Runway Noise
The Port of Seattle proposes to start a $3.6 million home-insulation program for 98 single-family residences in the cities of Des Moines and Burien, to mitigate possible future noise impacts from the third-runway project. more...

Eye in the Sky...Highline Aerial Photo Album
A photo album of aerial photos of Sea-Tac Airport, streams, estuaries, wetlands and lakes of the Highline area. more...

State Supreme Court To Hear Arguments on
Pollution Control Board Decision and the
"Dirty Fill Bill" on November 18
The Supreme Court has set a date of Tuesday, 18 November, for oral argument on the pending appeal of the August 2002 order of the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB). more...

Two-Day Celebration for Re-Opening
Of Terminal Building at Boeing Field
Boeing Field's restored & renovated Terminal Building will be officially reopened on Friday, 26 September, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m., and an open house till 4 p.m. Tours of the building, displays of vintage aircraft, historical photographs, & other memorabilia will mark the event. On Saturday, there will be special free flights for children, sponsored by the local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association-- phone 206.296.7380 for flight reservations.

Updated Master Plan for Boeing Field
Partly Complete, But Now "On Hold"
After a couple of false starts, and a change of top management, Boeing Field has now completed a conceptual update of its Master Plan. more...

RCAA Speakers' Bureau To Provide
Updates on Third Runway
RCAA President Larry Corvari has announced a new Speakers' Bureau. RCAA can provide local groups with informed & knowledgeable speakers. more...

Normandy Park Attorney Joins RCAA Board
Laura J. Anderson, Normandy Park resident, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Regional Commission on Airport Affairs. more...

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